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raphy ; introduced by an address from 

 Sir John Murray. 



i o'clock : Buffet lunch at the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. 



Afternoon, 2.30 o'clock: Sectional 

 meetings in rooms of the American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Evening, 8 o'clock : Public lecture. 



9.15 o'clock : Reception tendered by 

 the American Geographical Society. 



Wednesday, September 14 



Morning, 10 o'clock : Sectional meet- 

 ings. 



1 o'clock : Buffet lunch at the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. 



Afternoon, 2.30 o'clock : Sectional 

 meetings, devoted especially to commer- 

 cial geography. 



Evening, 8 o'clock : Subscription din- 

 ner complimentary to foreign delegates. 



Thursday, September 75 



At 9 o'clock the party will leave the 

 pier at West One hundred and twenty- 

 ninth street for an excursion up the 

 Hudson River on the steamer Richmond. 

 After passing through the lower valley 

 and the highlands, landing will be made 

 at Fishkill. Here trolley and elevator 

 cars will transfer the party to the top of 

 Mt Beacon, from which a splendid view 

 of the Hudson Valley and bordering 

 mountains may be obtained. Professor 

 William Davis will conduct the field 

 meeting on Mt Beacon. 



Taking the steamer again about 4 

 o'clock, the party will proceed down the 

 river to West Point, where landing will 

 be made to visit the U. S. Military 

 Academy. The corps of cadets will be 

 seen in their regular afternoon exercises, 

 closing with a dress parade. 



The party will take a ferry from West 

 Point to connect with the special train 

 on the New York Central Railroad at 8 

 o'clock, while members leaving the party 

 here will take steamer for New York at 

 about 7 o'clock. 



Lunch will be served on board the 

 steamer before reaching Fishkill, and 



dinner will be served for members re- 

 turning to New York after leaving West 

 Point. 



Friday, September 16 



The party will arrive at Niagara Falls 

 at 7 o'clock a. m. After an address on 

 the geographic development of the great 

 cataract by Mr G. K. Gilbert, there will 

 be a general field meeting, in charge of 

 geographers familiar with the region. 

 The party will descend the river on the 

 left (Canadian) side of the gorge in 

 trolley cars to Queenstown ; thence they 

 will ferry to Lewiston, and ascend the 

 right (American) side of the gorge past 

 the Whirlpool Rapids, resuming the 

 special train at 7.30 o'clock p. m. 



Saturday, September 77 



Morning, 8 o'clock: Arrive at Twelfth 

 Street station, Chicago. 



10 o'clock : General session at Cobb 

 Hall. 



1 o'clock : Buffet lunch at Hutchin- 

 son Hall. 



Afternoon, 2.300'clock: Visits to va- 

 rious buildings of Chicago University, 

 to Field Columbian Museum, to the 

 Museum of Fine Arts, and to the Chi- 

 cago Public Library. 



Evening, 8 o'clock : Reception ten- 

 dered by the Geographical Society of 

 Chicago, at Historical Society Building. 



Sunday, September 18 



If desired by any considerable num- 

 ber of members, an opportunity will be 

 afforded for a view of the Chicago lake 

 front from an excursion steamer. 



At 10 o'clock p. m. the party will take 

 a special train on the Illinois Central 

 Railway at Twelfth Street station 

 (Twelfth Street and Michigan Boule- 

 vard) for St Louis. 



Monday, September 19 



Morning, 8 o'clock : Arrive at Union 

 station ; breakfast at station (Terminal 

 Hotel), afterward taking a Wabash 

 shuttle train to World's Fair Grounds. 



